That's what the Nets have to do, and it's smart. They have tons of cap space, but no one wants to play there yet, so they offer that cap space to contending teams over the cap to net picks for their rebuild. This 1st will not be a lottery pick.

Vmart wrote:Has there ever been an overrated GM as Ujiri is. People here sing his praises like he shyts gold or something. I always thought he was never that good. Topping of the Lowery fiasco with this cherry in top.

i like your posts b/c they are predictable :)

daryl morey traded a first rounder to dump lin. he's overrated too.

while it's not a good look to trade a first rounder to dump your first big FA...there's a little more to it. there's follow up moves coming and we needed to not only open up a spot for norman powell to get minutes but to sign him as well as he's an RFA next summer.

this also allows us to use the full MLE instead of the luxury tax MLE.

it's a lotto protected pick. we already have a 2nd rounder from the magic in 2018.

there are more moves to follow. at the end of the day, we get to 50 and advance, then it's all good. just b/c you don't have a title contending roster doesn't mean you're not a good gm. i'm not sure you understand just how tough being a gm in this league is.

TripleThreat wrote:

Vmart wrote:Has there ever been an overrated GM as Ujiri is. People here sing his praises like he shyts gold or something. I always thought he was never that good. Topping of the Lowery fiasco with this cherry in top.

He's in Canada. In the NBA, that's like basically being in Siberia.

I think he's being judged on a relative scale. I.E. if Brian Cashman wasn't with the Yankees, how would he do with a small market baseball team with full control? If Billy Beane and Cashman switched places, how would they both do?

I think the argument would be if he was in a better overall situation, he'd be more effective. Hard to say though. He's clearly better than anything the Knicks have had in a long time.

Kudos to the Nets for building a roster around late 20s draft picks!

NardDogNation wrote:Should I prefer using cap space to sign Tim Hardaway Jr to this? I feel like things can rapidly fall apart for the Raptors, making that 2018 pick especially valuable. Even if it stays at 25, like Bonn predicts...I'd still prefer this deal to Hardaway's.

NardDogNation wrote:Should I prefer using cap space to sign Tim Hardaway Jr to this? I feel like things can rapidly fall apart for the Raptors, making that 2018 pick especially valuable. Even if it stays at 25, like Bonn predicts...I'd still prefer this deal to Hardaway's.

So if the Raptors offered Carroll and attached Anžejs Pasečņiks to make the deal happen, that'd get you interested?

NardDogNation wrote:Should I prefer using cap space to sign Tim Hardaway Jr to this? I feel like things can rapidly fall apart for the Raptors, making that 2018 pick especially valuable. Even if it stays at 25, like Bonn predicts...I'd still prefer this deal to Hardaway's.

Someone with common sense , yes these are the moves the Knicks should be making. The Knicks could of been rebuilt to a championship contender this offseason in a few years with just a couple few moves, they blew it.

Caseloads wrote:

TripleThreat wrote:

Vmart wrote:Has there ever been an overrated GM as Ujiri is. People here sing his praises like he shyts gold or something. I always thought he was never that good. Topping of the Lowery fiasco with this cherry in top.

He's in Canada. In the NBA, that's like basically being in Siberia.

I think he's being judged on a relative scale. I.E. if Brian Cashman wasn't with the Yankees, how would he do with a small market baseball team with full control? If Billy Beane and Cashman switched places, how would they both do?

I think the argument would be if he was in a better overall situation, he'd be more effective. Hard to say though. He's clearly better than anything the Knicks have had in a long time.

wish we had masai instead of david griffin